England cricketers urged to play conkers not football for game warm-up after injury to Burns

The Campaign for Real Conkers, the group that opposes bans on conker playing, has urged England cricketers to start playing conkers as a warm-up before Test matches, now that football has been ruled out.

During the warm-up for the current Newlands Test against South Africa, England batsman Rory Burns was injured playing football and has been ruled out for the rest of the series.

Campaign organiser Keith Flett said that conkers is the ideal game for a cricket warm-up. It tests hand-to-eye co-ordination, and allows plenty of scope for movement of the arms and legs without any significant risk of injury.

The full story is available on Keith Flett’s blog: England cricketers urged to play conkers not football for game warm-up after injury to Burns.